... I had blepharitis for about 5 years, about 2 years after I started wearing contacts. i think the contacts made it worse along with dry eye. The Restasis never did work very well. Never any bad pain with my blepharitis, just irritation, redness on the edges, and dry eyes. ... (6 replies)

... ctal plugs in my eyes last Friday. The plugs seem to help a bit, but not enough for me to wear contacts for the whole day. The Systane surely helps. I'm using Restasis and have been for the last 8 months, not helping a whole lot, so I'm thinking of stopping that as it is quite pricey. ... (27 replies)

... safe it is to use for the bleph because of the glaucoma issue. I feel like a puppy chasing his tale. My eye doc never has any helpful solutions. He had me try restasis for a while but it didn't help and it was just more eyedrops. I'm on eye drop overload as it is. ... (19 replies)

... My eyes have been slightly dry for a while. I want to blame LASIKS (July 2007), but I think it started before that when I could no longer wear my contacts. As of 6 months ago they got extremely dry. I didn't know what was going on, they felt like someone turned off the faucet to my eyes. I went to 5 different doctors. Some said I had nothing wrong and my eyes looked healthy.... (0 replies)

... I just saw this message. I have been using Restasis for about a month but stopped today because it has made my eyes worse with burning,redness,etc. I have blepharitis and my doctor said I have enough tears so not to use Restasis. My optometrist suggested to use it and see if it helped. ... (2 replies)

... Hi i dont know much about dry eye from accutane, but i know plenty of people whos dry eye was caused by accutane. Do you know if your dry eye is evportive or aqeaous deficient, did you have dry eye before accutane? have you tried restasis, compresses etc? (5 replies)

... Restasis has helped my dry eyes. After a long battle with Blepharitis along with dry eyes I tried various eyedrops, gels, ointments to no avail. Dr. prescribed Restasis and it has worked well for me. I still have to use eyedrops, because, Restasis does not lubricate the eyes, it causes the eyes to produce more tears. ... (7 replies)

... I was diagnosed I have Blepharitis and dry eye about one year ago. My Ophthalmology let me try a lot of eye drop and warm compresses. I almost use Restasis for one year. Recently she asked me use Nevanac twice a day, Restasis twice a day, Soothe once a day or Systane once a day and F.M.L ointment before bed time. ... (4 replies)